inoculating
present participle ofinoculate
| 单词 | inoculating |
| 释义 | inoculating present participle ofinoculate inoculate verb uk/ɪˈnɒk.jə.leɪt/us/ɪˈnɑː.kjə.leɪt/[T] to give aweakformof adiseaseto apersonoranimal, usually byinjection, as aprotectionagainst thatdisease: Mychildrenhave been inoculatedagainstpolio. Louis Pasteur inoculated an 8-year-oldboywithcowpoxand thenexposedhim tosmallpoxtotesthistheory. There may be ashortageoffluvaccineto inoculate theelderlyand othervulnerablegroups. Compare vaccinate [T] tointroducesomething such asbacteria, avirus, or afungusinto ananimalorplantaspartof anexperimentor toencourageit togrowthere: Researchers inoculated somerabbitswiththeantigenandmeasuredtheamountofantibodiestheanimalsproduced. Shiitakemushroomlogsarewoodenlogsinoculatedwithsporesforgrowingyourowncropofmushrooms. [IorT] toprotectsomeone from beingbadlyaffectedby something, usually by giving them someexperienceof it: Psychologistsrecognizethatstressfullifeeventsmay inoculate an individalagainsttrauma. Unfortunately,agedoes not inoculateagainstabrokenheart.
Immunology & vaccination
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Medicines & drugs: preventing infection Testing, checking and experimenting Defending and protecting Examplesofinoculatinginoculating In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. A specificinoculatingevent could, however, not be identified. From theCambridge English Corpus Thus,inoculatingdose and number of parasitic females are correlated measures and explain a similar proportion of the deviance in models of parasite fecundity. From theCambridge English Corpus In summary,inoculatingdose affected morbidity as measured by maximum anaemia and weight loss. From theCambridge English Corpus This arrangement allows them to be proactive,inoculatingtheir client against future problems. From theCambridge English Corpus Infection was done byinoculating15 animals at hatch and housing them together from the time of infection with 20 non-infected animals. From theCambridge English Corpus However, for a parasitic female that does establish, its survivorship decreases as the size ofinoculatingdose increases. From theCambridge English Corpus Some clear results were obtained later in the trial byinoculatingfewer samples per laboratory rabbit and only scoring up to 4 days after inoculation. From theCambridge English Corpus However, since slightly more deviance is explained byinoculatingdose than by the number of parasitic females we provide this in the preferred minimal model. From theCambridge English Corpus Thus, the probability of a parasitic female establishing in the gut is independent of size ofinoculatingdose. From theCambridge English Corpus Density is theinoculatingdose given to a host. From theCambridge English Corpus Similarly, parasite fecundity is affected by the density of theinoculatingdose, but only as an infection proceeds. From theCambridge English Corpus The latter we label performance errors and view them asinoculatingagainst attributions of irrationality. From theCambridge English Corpus In the field, it is extremely unlikely that naturally infected hosts experience this range ofinoculatingdoses. From theCambridge English Corpus We stimulated the melanization response byinoculatinga bead into the mosquito's thorax (this site was chosen for practical reasons). From theCambridge English Corpus Experiments made byinoculatingthe contents of flies into susceptible animals at various periods after an infective meal have given concordant results with those just mentioned. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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